sanwa millet

sanwa millet
noun
coarse annual grass cultivated in Japan and southeastern Asia for its edible seeds and for forage; important wildlife food in United States
Hypernyms: ↑millet
Member Holonyms: ↑Echinochloa, ↑genus Echinochloa

* * *

\\ˈsäŋwə-\ noun
Etymology: Hindi sā̃wā, from Sanskrit śyāmāka millet

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Japanese millet — noun coarse annual grass cultivated in Japan and southeastern Asia for its edible seeds and for forage; important wildlife food in United States • Syn: ↑billion dollar grass, ↑Japanese barnyard millet, ↑sanwa millet, ↑Echinochloa frumentacea •… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Japanese barnyard millet — noun coarse annual grass cultivated in Japan and southeastern Asia for its edible seeds and for forage; important wildlife food in United States • Syn: ↑Japanese millet, ↑billion dollar grass, ↑sanwa millet, ↑Echinochloa frumentacea • Hypernyms:… …   Useful english dictionary

  • billion-dollar grass — noun coarse annual grass cultivated in Japan and southeastern Asia for its edible seeds and for forage; important wildlife food in United States • Syn: ↑Japanese millet, ↑Japanese barnyard millet, ↑sanwa millet, ↑Echinochloa frumentacea •… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Echinochloa — noun annual or perennial succulent grasses of warm regions • Syn: ↑genus Echinochloa • Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Gramineae, ↑family Gramineae, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Echinochloa frumentacea — noun coarse annual grass cultivated in Japan and southeastern Asia for its edible seeds and for forage; important wildlife food in United States • Syn: ↑Japanese millet, ↑billion dollar grass, ↑Japanese barnyard millet, ↑sanwa millet • Hypernyms …   Useful english dictionary

  • genus Echinochloa — noun annual or perennial succulent grasses of warm regions • Syn: ↑Echinochloa • Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Gramineae, ↑family Gramineae, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Echinochloa colona — Taxobox name = Echinochloa colona image width = 240px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta ordo = Liliopsida classis = Poales familia = Poaceae subfamilia = Panicoideae genus = Echinochloa species = E. colona binomial = Echinochloa colona… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”